US Health Care Costs

Lung infection, with complications in New York

MS-DRG 178: Respiratory infections and inflammations with cc

$54,647typical hospital bill
$10,193typical amount paid
$8,199–$20,273range paid across 70 hospitals

New York hospitals billed Medicare a typical $54,647 for this stay in 2024, about 5.4 times what was actually paid. Medicare's payment depends mostly on the hospital's location and teaching role; the bill depends on the hospital's own price list, so bills vary far more than payments.

Billed (list price)Actually paid (Medicare + patient)

HospitalCityMedicare staysBilledPaid
Chsli St Joseph HospitalBethpage38$51,865$8,199
Corning HospitalCorning16$32,561$8,302
St Catherine of Siena HospitalSmithtown51$60,902$8,344
Canton-Potsdam HospitalPotsdam11$25,283$8,351
Mercy Hospital of BuffaloBuffalo24$16,345$8,364
Glens Falls HospitalGlens Falls37$27,947$8,495
Newark-Wayne Community HospitalNewark15$22,457$8,515
Saratoga HospitalSaratoga Springs15$34,402$8,567
Auburn Community HospitalAuburn24$22,343$8,599
St Francis Hospital - the Heart CenterRoslyn101$58,674$8,689
White Plains Hospital CenterWhite Plains39$59,490$8,734
Ellis HospitalSchenectady11$31,960$8,775
Nyack HospitalNyack18$58,748$8,814
Hudson Valley Hospital CenterCortlandt Manor14$42,892$8,823
Ns/Lij Hs Huntington HospitalHuntington34$51,176$8,844
Peconic Bay Medical CenterRiverhead24$63,767$8,944
Good Samaritan Hospital of SuffernSuffern28$99,500$9,013
New York Community Hospital of Brooklyn, Inc.Brooklyn40$46,357$9,097
St Joseph's Hospital Health CenterSyracuse14$24,979$9,223
Guthrie Cortland Regional Medical CenterCortland22$29,760$9,237
St Charles HospitalPort Jefferson13$47,211$9,359
Crouse HospitalSyracuse32$23,559$9,362
Mercy Medical CenterRockville Centre21$75,744$9,421
Montefiore St Luke's CornwallNewburgh15$71,490$9,427
Phelps HospitalSleepy Hollow11$60,572$9,441
Long Island Community HospitalPatchogue19$83,085$9,632
Ns/Lij Hs Southside HospitalBay Shore14$67,906$9,668
Northern Dutchess HospitalRhinebeck11$27,775$9,736
Wynn HospitalUtica28$34,577$9,777
Good Samaritan Hospital Medical CenterWest Islip34$80,065$9,789
United Health Services Hospitals, IncBinghamton16$22,929$9,796
Garnet Health Medical Center CatskillsHarris15$64,148$9,947
Highland HospitalRochester32$28,488$9,961
Healthalliance Hospital Marys Avenue CampusKingston23$92,183$10,073
Unity HospitalRochester28$26,187$10,123
St Peter's HospitalAlbany32$32,168$10,263
Kaleida HealthBuffalo29$28,053$10,340
Mount Sinai South NassauOceanside24$88,602$10,353
The University of Vermont Health Network - ChamplPlattsburgh19$44,342$10,407
Kenmore Mercy HospitalKenmore12$18,650$10,477
Plainview HospitalPlainview48$60,499$10,520
Vassar Brothers Medical CenterPoughkeepsie18$30,077$10,995
Garnet Health Medical CenterMiddletown44$61,468$11,031
St John's Riverside HospitalYonkers32$49,206$11,190
Samaritan Medical CenterWatertown13$29,728$11,411
Albany Medical Center HospitalAlbany21$32,445$11,425
Rochester General HospitalRochester31$27,027$11,781
New York-Presbyterian/QueensFlushing20$70,247$12,066
John T Mather Memorial Hospital of Port JeffersonPort Jefferson51$68,777$12,087
Staten Island University HospitalStaten Island41$60,459$12,108
University Hospital S U N Y Health Science CenterSyracuse38$71,331$12,417
North Shore University HospitalManhasset64$92,820$12,755
Lenox Hill HospitalNew York18$74,305$12,833
Montefiore New Rochelle HospitalNew Rochelle18$67,031$12,988
Long Island Jewish Medical CenterNew Hyde Park47$89,868$13,008
Suny/Stony Brook University HospitalStony Brook92$77,706$13,179
Westchester Medical CenterValhalla24$168,684$13,569
Nyu Langone HospitalsNew York117$97,805$13,674
Maimonides Medical CenterBrooklyn21$46,536$13,984
Mount Sinai Beth IsraelNew York18$86,846$14,163
Mount Sinai WestNew York21$93,244$14,799
Strong Memorial HospitalRochester16$32,369$14,927
New York-Presbyterian HospitalNew York149$95,760$14,969
Brookdale Hospital Medical CenterBrooklyn11$31,292$15,253
Nassau University Medical CenterEast Meadow12$57,428$16,283
Mount Sinai HospitalNew York19$89,333$17,238
Montefiore Medical CenterBronx43$114,249$18,322
St John's Episcopal Hospital at South ShoreFar Rockaway13$62,889$19,360
Flushing Hospital Medical CenterFlushing13$42,613$20,222
Bronxcare Hospital CenterBronx11$35,421$20,273

Medicare: CMS, 2024 (hospitals with 11 or more Medicare stays). Cash and insurer prices: hospitals' own price files, where read; insurer figures are commercial plans only, median and 10th–90th percentile across plans.